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» . . I was rewarded with such a conception of the God-like majesty
and infinite divinity which everywhere loomed up behind and shone
through the humanity of the Son of Man that no false teaching or any
power on earth or in hell itself will ever shake my firm faith in the
combined divinity and humanity in the person of the Son of God, and
as sure am I that I eat and drink and live to-day, so certain am I that
this mysterious Divine Redeemer is in living . . .—Daily Telegraph.

The last example is of a different kind. Read as sure as I am
for as sure am I as the least possible correction. Unpractised
writers should beware of correlative clauses except in their
very simplest forms.

29. OTHER LIBERTIES TAKEN WITH 'AS*

As must not be expected to do by itself the work of such as.

There were not two dragon sentries keeping ward before the gate of
this abode, as in magic legend are usually found on duty over the
wronged innocence imprisoned.—DICKENS.

The specialist is naturally best for his particular job; but if the
particular specialist required is not on the spot, as must often be the
case, the best substitute for him is not another specialist but the man
trained to act for himself in all circumstances, as it has been the glory
of our nation to produce both in the Army and elsewhere.—Times.

We question if throughout the French Revolution there was a single
case of six or seven thousand insurgents blasted away by cannon shot,
as is believed to have happened in Odessa.—Spectator. (This is much
more defensible than the previous two; but when a definite noun—as
here case—can be naturally supplied for the verb introduced by as, such
as is better.)

The decision of the French Government to send a special mission to
represent France at the marriage of the German Crown Prince is not
intended as anything more than a mere act of international courtesy,
as is customary on such occasions.—Times.

Neither as nor such as should be made to do the work of the
relative pronoun where there would be no awkwardness in
using the pronoun itself.

With a speed of eight knots, as [which] has been found practicable
in the case of the Suez Canal, the passage would occupy five days.—
Times.

The West Indian atmosphere is not of the limpid brightness and